Religion And Religion In India

India is the second most populated country in the world, with 1.21 billion people. Based on the rate of its growing population, it is projected to pass China by 2025. There are about two thousand ethnic groups living in India, making it a melting pot for a variety of religions. In fact, the Constitution of India allows for religious freedom, and India is a country in which religion plays an important role in peoples’ social lives. The major religion is Hinduism, while the second most popular religion is Islam, and the third largest is Christianity. Specifically, Hinduism makes up about 80.5% of India’s total population, Islam about 13.4 %, and Christianity about 2.3%. The other religions that make up the rest of the population are Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%), Jainism (0.4%), and others unspecified. There are over 1500 dialects in India. To grow any religion, it is important that you are able to communicate with them. Although it was not intended that India be a country ran by religion, religious violence is becoming more prevalent in today’s India.

Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world. It is about 5,000 years old, and it was developed in India. Another name for Hinduism is “Sanatora- Pharma.” They believe in the Pantheism

Their reason was to attempt to unite the nation under one religion. Hindu Nationalism is on the rise, and is much of the reason violence is becoming more prevalent. Nationalism seeks the loyalties of a person for a person, group or nation. Hindu Nationalism sought to sustain political power and assert unity in the nation. To enforce nationalism, the Hindus have used a very heavy hand. Before the Hindu Nationalism Party was formed, Anti-Christianity violence was few and far and in between. Today, it is increasing to the point where it is becoming a real threat for Christian churches and missionaries’